Found this on the new Zune website’s frontpage. It’s a promotional video showing off the new Zune experience in just under 90 seconds featuring pretty slick graphics, a groovy soundtrack and explains all the cool (new) features of the Zune pretty well. Plus some sort of trippy origami thing going on in the back too. If you ask me, perfect for an TV ad, with some obvious production changes of course. For example, I don’t think anyone has a 6:19 ratio television.
Side note, does anyone know what the song is called? Thanks to Rafael for pointing out the song is “Wanna be a Star” by Walter Meego as flashed in the video at about 12 seconds in.
Comments for "New Zune promo video is ad worthy"
Beau
iTunes Store link if you’re an iPod person - http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=21266470 5&id=212664658&s=143460
Well at least the Zune team have got their ads making sense, not like the Seinfield/Gates ones…
Andrea
Whatever… still no EU market, as usual.
Roman
Music:
Walter Meego
Wanna Be a Star
album: Voyager
Nick Carchidi
How can I get the video file?
Marijan
@roman: thx
@ andrea: well there are some leaks
I have one and I live in austria 
there are some shops (http://tinyurl.com/5ogkyf)
Marijan
@ nick
do you have firefox? yes? then go to the addonssection and look for “video download”
Nick Carchidi
@ Marijan
Okay thanks. Didn’t think of that. Also, File2HD.com works just as well.
Nick Carchidi
*UPDATE*
I posted the WMV on YouTube.
Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJkd18e0mu8
Andrea
@Marijan: thank you for the tip. However, even supposing that the only available model on that website is the one I want (and isn’t), as far as I know, the market place wouldn’t work outside US. I just don’t understand why MS is so silly to miss that market, really. I think I would give a try (especially after my experience with two iPod), but I’m so disappointed, that probably, when the zune will be released in EU (if ever), I’ll buy from some other brand.
Pharod
They did an excellent work there, and also on the new software IMHO.
On an unrelated note, are you able to use the Zune Social by changing the regional language settings? Because since the 2.5 upgrade tracks don’t upload to the social (in neither of my PCs, one with XP and another with Vista).
Ricardo Dawkins
@Andrea
Marketplace works outside the USA. I can confirm since I’m Panamanian
http://forums.thoughtsmedia.com/f5/international-zune-users-guide-2357 6.html
@Pharod
there is a setting on the software for adding missing metadata to your songs. Check it:
chambo622
Awesome video! I think Zune really has it going for them.
I would definitely chose a Zune Flash over a Nano or a Zune Hard drive over the Classic. Too bad they don’t have anything to beat the touch.
However I think that if they added web browsing on the hard drive model it would be a start…the screen’s nice and big, nice touchpad navigation, and the WiFi is already there.
Benjamin "balupton" Lupton
Great ad, really shows the Zune’s innovation. However the text should of been on top of the animation, as my eyes were darting up and down the hole time trying to catch everything that was going on. Where if the text was ontop, I could see everything without scanning like crazy.
Julius Papadopoulos
Microsoft Has relley wowed me with the Zune , to bad i cant buy one in melb D:
so watch apples crappy market share fail…
Kit
Just asking, do they start restrict oversea users accessing the marketplace?
My marketplace tab has disappeared!
Manuel
Thank God!!! some made a comment about the song, I was breaking my back just to know the name, Nice song for the ad and In general.
Al
A widescreen version of the promo is now available on the zune homepage
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